First Home Owner Grant and Shared Equity Act 2000

An application for a first home owner grant does not lapse because an applicant dies before the application is decided.

If an applicant dies before the application is decided, the following provisions apply—

if the deceased was one of 2 or more applicants and one or more applicants survive, the application is to be dealt with as if the surviving applicants were the sole applicants,

in any other case, a first home owner grant, if payable on the application, is to be paid to the estate of the deceased.

If a deceased applicant for a first home owner grant had not, by the date of death, occupied the home to which the application relates as the applicant’s principal place of residence but the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that he or she intended to do so within 12 months after completion of the eligible transaction or a longer period allowed by the Chief Commissioner, the residence requirement is satisfied.